Jameela
| Jameela | |
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| Jameela palmyra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010[1] |
Jameela is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] It was split off from Erysichton in 2010,[1] with some sources not recognizing that change.[4] The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.[1][3]
Species
There are two recognized species:[3]
- Jameela albiplaga Tite, 1963
- Jameela palmyra (Felder, 1860) (type species)
References
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- 1 2 3 4 Grund, Roger; Eastwood, Rod (2010). "New Australian butterfly genus Jameela gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae: Polyommatini) revealed by morphological, ecological and molecular data". Entomological Science. 13 (1): 134–143. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00368.x. S2CID 84539645.
- ↑ "Genus Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lycaeninae". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
Further reading
- Hirowatari, T., 1992. "A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)". Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture, Series B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
- Tite, G. E., 1963. "A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 13(4):67–116, 91 figs., pls. 1,2.
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